There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

Music is the pathway to the heart.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.